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Castle of the Bishops of Avila
The castle of Bonilla was originally owned by the Bishop of Avila, Lord of Bonilla de la Sierra.
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Plaza de la villa
Quadrangular square in the center of which is the collegiate church of San Martín de Tours. In its northern zone we can observe the houses of the Council, oven, and jail of the town, as well as the cilla or granary. To the east are the houses of the Mesones and Valdivieso families. To the South-East the castle of the bishops, lords of the town. There was also the roll of justice, which today is preserved dismantled and scattered throughout the town.
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Collegiate Church of San Martín de Tours
The collegiate church of San Martín is a Catholic church located in the Spanish town of Bonilla de la Sierra, in the province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It was declared a national historic-artistic monument -the antecedent of the figure of cultural interest- on June 3, 1931. The building, begun in the first half of the 15th century, is Gothic in style. It has a single large nave divided into five sections by pointed arches. The tower, from the 16th century, has a square floor plan. The building was restored between 1974 and 1980. The main chapel is an addition to the primitive construction, but its construction must have taken place shortly after, and, perhaps, directed by the same architect, and that would explain its perfect assembly to the rest of the set. The vault that covers it is of terceletes, with semicircular arches, and is illuminated on its sides by two ample and round windows that do not clash with the whole. On the cornices there are modillions and finials with 17th century fenecings, as is the case with the sacristy, which is evidence of a later renovation. In this main chapel is installed a baroque altarpiece that covers the whole front, from the altar to the plementería, which is dated in the year 1688. But the most valuable of the set are its ten painted tables, in which different significant events of the life of the patron saint of the temple, San Martin de Tours, are narrated. There are many who attribute these paintings to the school of the so-called Master of Avila, but they do not agree as to who was their executor; some attribute them to Samson Florentino, others to Juan and Marcos Pinilla, and others say they are the work of Pedro de Salamanca, belonging to the Flemish school of Avila. Great similarity is found between the paintings of the Bonilla altarpiece, and those that on San Marcial, appear in the antechristy of the cathedral of Avila, as well as in others, that the referred master left painted in the church of Barco de Avila and in San Miguel de Serrezuela.
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Santa Barbara Well
The Well of Santa Barbara was probably built between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, in order to supply water to the population. It has two openings. The most original, on one side, with stairs covered by eight semicircular vaults. By the stairs, of which it is said that there are as many as phrases has the creed, you can reach the water. The other opening, as a curbstone, stored rainwater.
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Concejo or Pajarejos Fountain
Fountain on the right side of the road to Pajarejos. Built in granite masonry and crowned with the coat of arms of the town of Bonilla.